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Under the junta
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ARGENTINA'S military junta came to power in 1976 in a coup that
overthrew the government of Juan Peron's second wife Isabelita.
For the next seven years the country was run by four successive
generals, including Leopoldo Galtieri.
It was his decision to invade the Falkland Islands in 1982 that
spelled the end of the regime.
Galtieri resigned three days after Argentinian forces surrendered
and the following year saw the fall of the junta.
The war had been designed to win popular support for the junta ...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Dictator dies.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; THE dictator who led Argentina into the bloody 1982 conflict with Britain over the Falkland Islands has died aged 76. General Leopoldo Galtieri was suffering from cancer of the pancreas and died of heart failure at military hospital in Buenos Aires.
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1982 FRIDAY 2 APRIL
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Invasion of the Falkland Islands General Leopoldo Galtieri ordered Argentine troops to occupy the Falkland Islands, a British territory since 1833. More than 1,000 lives were lost before the Argentine surrender 74 days later
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Dictator end.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; THE dictator who led Argentina into the bloody 1982 conflict with Britain over the Falkland Islands has died aged 76. General Leopoldo Galtieri was suffering from cancer of the pancreas and died of heart failure at military hospital in Buenos Aires.
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Galtieri, former leader of military junta, held on charges of kidnapping dissidents
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ARGENTINA: The former head of Argentina's military junta, General Leopoldo Galtieri, has been arrested on kidnapping charges. A judge ordered his arrest and that of 29 other officials of the former regime. General...
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Galtieri dies at 76
Newspaper article from: Evening Times
; lARGENTINA: General Leopoldo Galtieri, the former dictator who led Argentina into the 1982 Falklands War with Britain, has died aged 76. He was suffering from cancer...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Galtieri dies.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; THE former dictator who led Argentina into the bloody 1982 conflict with Britain over the Falkland Islands has died aged 76. General Leopoldo Galtieri was suffering from cancer of the pancreas and died of heart failure at the Central Military Hospital in Buenos Aires.
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TALES OF THE CITY: Adios, general
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; The obituaries of Leopoldo Galtieri, the Argentinian dictator, tell a shocking story of human rights abuses and the casual slaughter of his own people. He represented...
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General arrested.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; GENERAL Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentina's de facto president at the time of the Falklands War, has been arrested on the orders of a judge prosecuting human...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Ex-president Galtieri is under arrest.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; GENERAL Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentina's de facto president during the 1976-83 dictatorship, has been arrested on the orders of a judge prosecuting human rights...
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[ Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri was never one of your big-time dictators... ]
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri was never one of your big-time dictators, just a run-of-the-mill generalissimo of the kind who once had a hammerlock on Latin America...
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